Labor will announce new measures to close gender pay gap in election campaign’s final fortnight

Tanya Plibersek says party would look at introducing superannnuation on paid parental leave ‘when we can afford to’ * Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates * Read our latest election briefing and listen to today’s campaign catchup podcast * Guardian Australia’s full federal election coverage * Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing Labor will promise a new measure to close the gender pay gap and attack the government for promoting “the importance of low paid work” in the campaign’s final fortnight. On Sunday the shadow minister for women, Tanya Plibersek, confirmed another policy push on gender pay inequity, while the shadow industrial relations minister, Tony Burke, signalled a plan to weaponise the Coalition’s submission to the minimum wage review. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading...
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